Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) is universally acclaimed and celebrated: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous... Zobraziť viac
A one-of-a-kind, over-the-top, one-stop-shopping overview of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century... Zobraziť viac
With more than 300,000 copies sold worldwide in 15 languages, this newly revised and updated edition of 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die brings you right up to date with an incisive look at the world's best paintings. From Ancient Egyptian wall Zobraziť viac
With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auction prices, and packed museums, Impressionism remains close contender for the world’s favorite period of painting... Zobraziť viac
This book brings together the complete catalogue of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), presenting the calm yet compelling scenes so treasured in galleries across Europe and the United... Zobraziť viac
For the first time, this book explores to the full, with dazzling visual accompaniment, the fascinating story of the Impressionist love affair with the new thinking about gardens, their flowers and design, in 19th-century France... Zobraziť viac
Painting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the twenty-first century, with many of the world’s leading artists now working in this most enduring and seductive of media.100 Painters of Tomorrow is the culmination of a new project, ... Zobraziť viac
M.C. Escher was born in 1898 in Leeuwarden (Netherlands). He received his first drawing lessons during secondary school from F.W. van der Haagen, who also taught him the block printing, thus fostering Escher's innate graphic talents... Zobraziť viac
Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953), like his colleague Richard Neutra, emigrated to the US and applied his International Style techniques to the movement that would come to be known as California Modernism... Zobraziť viac
A leading artist in the High Renaissance, Titian (Tiziano Vecelli, 1488-1576) was the Venetian school’s greatest painter and is one of the best-loved Italian artists of all time... Zobraziť viac
Art as we know it today would not exist without the Renaissance. Widely considered the most influential phenomenon in European art, architecture, literature, and science, the movement revolutionized the Western conception of reality and heralded the ... Zobraziť viac
This further collection of subjects from the animal world again displays a wide range of techniques, though here domestic animals and farmyard animals are the main... Zobraziť viac
This collection of pictures of roses painted in watercolors comes from a botanical handbook illustrated by A. Parson. While the subjects are simple, the decorative... Zobraziť viac
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), scion of an ancient aristocratic family, was a crippled dwarf. His family's wealth gave him financial security, and he chose to become an artist... Zobraziť viac
Following the success of Illustration Now!, this installment presents a new selection of illustrators from all around the world on a budget price... Zobraziť viac
Here the nude figure is portrayed using a variety of different techniques: watercolors, chalks and oils. The black-and-white section presents an outline of anatomy... Zobraziť viac
The works of René Magritte (1898 – 1967) and the ideas that underlie them are a special case both in the history of modern art and in surrealist painting... Zobraziť viac
